Method for heating skin using light to provide tissue treatment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8870856
APP PUB NO 20050049658A1
SERIAL NO

10789139

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A system and method for using a light source to treat tissue with NIR light. The operation provides for generating higher temperatures in deeper layers of tissue relative to higher layers of tissue. The increased temperature in dermal layers can operate to induce collagen shrinkage, or remodeling. One of the light sources for providing a broad spectrum of NIR light is a filament light. The light from the filament lamp can be selectively filtered, and after filtering this light is applied to the skin, where the selective filtering can enhance the ability to elevate the temperature of deeper layers of tissue, relative to layers of tissue which are closer to the surface of the skin.

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CUTERA INC3240 BAYSHORE BLVD BRISBANE CA 94005

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Connors, Kevin P San Francisco, US 24 1157
Gollnick, David A San Francisco, US 34 1707
MacFarland, Dean A Magnolia, US 23 1198
Spooner, Greg Kensington, US 23 877

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